Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System
Remember (Star, planet or moon?): Order from the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. Mercury is closest, Venus is hottest, Mars is the red planet, Jupiter is the biggest, Saturn is famous for its rings, Neptune is farthest. The Sun and the Pole Star are stars; the Moon is Earth’s moon; Titan and Ganymede are moons of other planets.
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- 1.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
- 2.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
- 3.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a comet (d) a planet
- 4.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is closest to the sun (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the biggest planet
- 5.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is the biggest planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) is famous for its rings
- 6.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Venus (b) Neptune (c) Mars (d) Mercury
- 7.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
- 8.Which of these is a planet? (a) Mars (b) Phobos (c) the Sun (d) the Moon
- 9.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
- 10.True or false: Neptune is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
- 11.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) Phobos (c) the Pole Star (d) Venus
- 12.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
- 13.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the hottest planet
- 14.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
- 15.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it is on fire (b) it has lamps (c) it makes its own light (d) it reflects sunlight
- 16.True or false: Jupiter is the biggest planet. (a) True (b) False
- 17.👩🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a pilot (b) a sailor (c) an astronaut (d) a diver
- 18.True or false: Neptune is the biggest planet. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: Earth is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
- 21.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
- 22.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
- 23.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
- 24.Which of these is a moon? (a) Venus (b) the Sun (c) Ganymede (d) Earth
- 25.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) the Sun (c) the Moon (d) Venus
- 26.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is closest to the sun (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the hottest planet (d) is famous for its rings
- 27.Which of these is a star? (a) the Sun (b) the Moon (c) Saturn (d) Earth
- 28.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
- 29.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
- 30.True or false: Saturn is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Venus (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Earth
- 32.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a microscope (b) a stethoscope (c) a telescope (d) a periscope
- 33.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) the Moon (c) Jupiter (d) Phobos
- 34.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
- 35.True or false: Jupiter is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) the Moon hides the Sun (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) the Sun switches off
- 38.Which of these is a moon? (a) Venus (b) the Sun (c) Jupiter (d) Titan
- 39.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
- 40.True or false: Saturn is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- a star
- 8
- a star
- is the biggest planet
- is the hottest planet
- Neptune
- Mercury
- Mars
- 365
- False
- the Pole Star
- a moon
- is closest to the sun
- a planet
- it reflects sunlight
- True
- an astronaut
- False
- True
- False
- 2
- a planet
- Uranus
- Ganymede
- Venus
- is famous for its rings
- the Sun
- a moon
- 1
- False
- Earth
- a telescope
- Jupiter
- a star
- False
- True
- Earth spins on its axis
- Titan
- 7
- False
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